X-ray and optical variability in NGC 4051 and the nature of narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 542, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 161-174

  Peterson, B M ^a   McHardy, I M ^b   Wilkes, B J ^c   Berlind, P ^c   Bertram, R ^a,d   Calkins, M ^c   Collier, S J ^a   Huchra, J P ^c   Mathur, S ^a   Papadakis, I ^e   Peters, J ^c   Pogge, R W ^a   Romano, P ^a   Tokarz, S ^c   Uttley, P ^b   Vestergaard, M ^a   Wagner, R M ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: individual (NGC 4051); Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: Seyfert; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034633465     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/309518     Document Type: Article

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